Thanks to an old friend Karen, i was both surprised & shocked when she sent me these photos about 30 years after the event ! I’d totally forgot they’d even been took! Thanks for these great memories Karen 🙂
Not a great venue, but was worth trying it out. Something i remember about this one was coming home : It was/had been raining & our driver was really driving too fast & we were aqua-paining. But we lived to tell the tale…
Their first UK tour. The Palais was an old dance hall, nice little venue. I saw some film crew in the venue, probably from local tv station “Central TV”, as they featured on the Nottingham news due to all the B.S. surrounding WASP. I wonder exactly what was shown on tv ?
Funny thing about this was that i’d narrowed it down to a couple of hotels where i would stay in Bristol. If i’d chose the other one, i’d have been in same hotel as the band! Oh well… Got there early & hung outside venue with others. I managed to get in & watch the soundcheck from on stage. I remember Phantom, but that’s about it. Also, one of the road crew, Dickie Bell, said to me ” Have you taken root on those boxes?” (as i’d been sat there so long). Oh yeah, also got chatting with a famous photographer from the era (Robert ‘Bob’ Ellis). After soundcheck, i did a private interview with Steve Harris. The idea was that i planned to do a Fanzine…well, i never did get round to doing that.
Took train from Oxford to St Austell. A rare time i used a taxi (to the venue). I remember a bunch of pissed off Americans before the gig…pissed off as they thought Motley Crue were supporting (when in fact they only did the non UK European dates). Also recall there was some kind of trouble with someone who had a knife.
Tonight we got the extra track “Die With Your Boots On”
Tonight we got the extra track “Phantom of the Opera”.
Tonight we got the extra track “Children Of the Damned”
Tonight we got the extra track “Murders In The Rue Morgue”
I’d been staying with my mate Neil the last couple of days. Before leaving, we had a fry up with black pudding, tates etc. I didn’t think it sat all that well…Travelled down from Sunderland with Neil to Hull (His hometown). Then we drove to Sheffield, where i met a couple of mates from Boston.
Tonight we got the extra track “Wrathchild”.
On the way home, i felt really ill. Me : “Chris ! Stop the car!”. After which i puked my guts up ! I’m probably the first person to puke up on the Sleaford bypass, which was being built at the time 😉
